f28210 cc13926	Leicestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1970
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 23rd, 25th, 26th May 1970 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by an innings and 4 runs
Points	Leicestershire 1 (Bowling 1); Kent 18 (Batting 3, Bowling 5)
Umpires	HD Bird, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 342/6 (Asif Iqbal 102*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 59/2 (Marner 6*, Inman 12*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Tolchard b Stringer	12
BW Luckhurst	c Tolchard b Stringer	135
GW Johnson	b Marner	31
*MC Cowdrey	c and b McKenzie	28
Asif Iqbal	not out	102
SE Leary	c Tolchard b Cross	11
A Brown	c Cross b McKenzie	14
JN Shepherd	did not bat
+APE Knott	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 nb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 112.5 overs)	342
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-88, 3-144, 4-276, 5-317, 6-342 (112.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	24.5	4	67	2	-	-
Stringer	29	5	73	2	-	-
Marner	13	2	46	1	-	-
Cross	13	1	56	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	8	2	26	0	-	-
Illingworth	22	8	45	0	-	-
Steele	3	1	20	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Graham	32
BJ Booth	c Luckhurst b Brown	5
PT Marner	b Shepherd	28
CC Inman	c Knott b Brown	8
*R Illingworth	c Leary b Shepherd	13
+RW Tolchard	c Denness b Shepherd	0
J Birkenshaw	b Graham	24
GF Cross	c Brown b Graham	1
JF Steele	lbw b Underwood	8
GD McKenzie	c Asif Iqbal b Underwood	29
PM Stringer	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 76.5 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-43, 3-60, 4-78, 5-78, 6-102, 7-108, 8-115, 9-152, 10-153 (76.5 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	22	9	36	3	-	-
Brown	19	5	52	2	-	-
Shepherd	25	11	44	3	-	-
Underwood	10.5	5	16	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Denness b Shepherd	17
BJ Booth	c Knott b Shepherd	20
PT Marner	c and b Shepherd	67
CC Inman	b Underwood	29
*R Illingworth	b Underwood	0
+RW Tolchard	lbw b Underwood	0
J Birkenshaw	c Cowdrey b Shepherd	20
GF Cross	c Knott b Shepherd	0
JF Steele	c Graham b Shepherd	13
GD McKenzie	b Underwood	10
PM Stringer	not out	4
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-44, 3-98, 4-98, 5-98, 6-149, 7-149, 8-160, 9-175, 10-185 (65 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	11	2	40	0	-	-
Brown	9	1	21	0	-	-
Shepherd	29	5	89	6	-	-
Underwood	16	6	30	4	-	-

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Notes
--> JF Steele made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JF Steele made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GD McKenzie (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in County Championship matches
--> BJ Booth (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> JN Shepherd reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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